Eight people have been killed in US military strikes on three boats it has accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean.

Thames Water has opted not to pay more than £2m in retention awards to more than 20 of its top executives this month amid a political outcry over the payments.

Food safety chiefs are sounding the alarm over Dubai-style chocolate and warning that some people should not eat it.

Wessex Water has become the latest utility to face a multimillion-pound enforcement package for sewage leaks, the industry regulator has announced.

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The UK's unemployment rate has risen further, with official figures showing young people being particularly hard hit by the jump in job cuts under Labour.

A co-founder of Ben & Jerry's has accused its owners of a fresh attempt to "silence" its social mission through the departures of three members of its independent board.

New reforms mean dentists in England will be paid more to see patients in need of urgent treatment.

Donald Trump has asked his Chinese counterpart to release pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, who has been found guilty of national security offences in Hong Kong.

Winter is closing in on the Bidston Rise housing estate in Birkenhead, but there's one front garden that hasn't given in yet.

Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, alleging the corporation's Panorama documentary portrayed him in a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious" manner.

Rob Reiner's son - who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the filmmaker and his wife - was reportedly disruptive at a party hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien the night before the killings.

Two students killed in a shooting at Brown University have been named.

European leaders have called for a "multinational force" to secure Ukraine after any peace deal with Russia, as they struck an optimistic tone after talks in Berlin.

A JetBlue passenger plane took evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision with a US Air Force plane flying with its transponder turned off near Venezuela, a pilot has said in an air traffic control recording.

Angela Rayner has issued an angry call to MPs to sit "through the night" to stop hereditary peers delaying her flagship employment rights bill.

Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on film director Rob Reiner, who was found stabbed to death with his wife on Sunday, as it was revealed the filmmaker's son had been arrested on murder charges.

Some drivers have been incorrectly fined for speeding due to an issue with variable speed cameras in England, National Highways has said.

The shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach has raised questions over the country's gun laws.